June 4, 2007 - MPR's Laura McCallum profiles Bill Chorske, a retired Medtronic executive who has awarded scholarships to low-income students from Edison High School in northeast Minneapolis. Chorske graduated from Edison in 1954.
June 1, 2007 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on "The Mad Ripple Friday Night Hootenanny" at Java Jack's. The event is thrown together by writer and singer/songwriter Jim Walsh, who's stage name is the Mad Ripple. Each week Walsh presents a handful of musicians, usually local, some of them rookies and some established. The artists take turns trading stories and songs, mostly originals.
May 7, 2007 - MPR’s Laura McCallum profiles the work coming out of the Black Box Theatre at St. Paul’s Central High School. Members of the Central Touring Theatre (CTT) are performing a play written earlier in the year, titled "I'll Take You There." The play addresses a number of controversial topics.
March 27, 2007 - MPR’s Tom Crann visits the "Highway 61 Revisited -- Dylan's Road from Minnesota to the World" symposium sponsored by the Weisman Art Museum at University of Minnesota. Crann speaks with numerous Dylan scholars and other attendees about Dylan’s influence and importance.
March 2, 2007 - MPR’s Mark Steil talks with a stranded traveler and a state official about the dangers of whiteout conditions during blizzard in southern Minnesota.
March 1, 2007 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher details the weather in Duluth as a second storm in week begins to pound the city. The storm is predicted to be particularly intense inland from Lake Superior, where the lake is expected to enhance both winds and snowfall.
February 28, 2007 - MPR’s Ambar Espinoza looks into the business of fake document and IDs in Minnnesota.
December 22, 2006 - On this special In the Loop event at the USB Forum, MPR’s Jeff Horwich presents the show "Lighting Up The Holidays: Feeding and fighting our light obsession." Program includes music, interviews, stories, and lots of voices -- including many guests and audience members in the UBS Forum.
December 21, 2006 - MPR’s Karl Gehrke reports on a new exhibit at the University of Minnesota that challenges the stereotype of Lutherans as staid, white Scandinavians. The recent arrival of immigrants from Latin America, Africa, and Asia has created many ethnically diverse Lutheran congregations in the Twin Cities.
December 21, 2006 - On the winter solstice, MPR’s Ambar Espinoza went searching for light outside of the obvious Christmas and Chanukah traditions. Paying homage to light this time of year crosses many religions and cultures.